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matthewwester 's review for:
The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee
by Sarah Silverman
Sometimes Sarah's humor is clever, unexpected, and inventive. Other times its overly crude and falls kinda flat. But I think that's the fun of an original comic -- not everything will work, but the punchlines don't become predictable. In the book she mentions several people that were hurt by her material but people need to calm down a bit, especially because she's not using crude material to be sensational or push any prejudice. Her humor is meant to lessen prejudice. Humor is great at doing that: giving texture to areas we're otherwise scared to fully confront. Still, overall I wish she was about 20% less offensive (just my personal taste).
This book is more humor than it is memoir but there were still some interesting autobiographical elements: Sarah shares about her early career, impressions of television network executives, anecdotes of other famous entertainers. I've always enjoyed this type of "behind the scenes" writing and will keep looking for other authors, in whatever industry, to get a sense of how all the dots are connected.
Oh, and lastly I want to mention that if you're going to give the audiobook format a try, it is definitely worth hearing an author read their own book. Silverman did the voices of her comic friends, her family members, and was able to conversationally deliver her punchlines. I honestly think I would have given 2 stars had it not been for her verbally performing what she had written.
This book is more humor than it is memoir but there were still some interesting autobiographical elements: Sarah shares about her early career, impressions of television network executives, anecdotes of other famous entertainers. I've always enjoyed this type of "behind the scenes" writing and will keep looking for other authors, in whatever industry, to get a sense of how all the dots are connected.
Oh, and lastly I want to mention that if you're going to give the audiobook format a try, it is definitely worth hearing an author read their own book. Silverman did the voices of her comic friends, her family members, and was able to conversationally deliver her punchlines. I honestly think I would have given 2 stars had it not been for her verbally performing what she had written.